Where is extortion concentrated and who are the typical victims?

Guatemala, Escuintla and Sacatepéquez account for 2 out of every 3 complaints; the department of Guatemala alone accounts for 52% (CIEN). The most common victims are bus and taxi drivers; also small shops, restaurants, corner stores, street vendors, schoolchildren, and local employees of US private companies and of the US Embassy itself (OSAC). Associated violence: 89 homicides linked to extortion in 2019 and cases of improvised explosive devices used against buses and taxis over non-payment (for example an IED on a bus in zone 7, January 2019, Barrio 18).